Sophie Caroline from Camas

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Sophie Caroline from Camas

Sophie Caroline Countess von Camas (born von Brandt , * 1686 in Berlin ; † July 2, 1766 at Schönhausen Palace ) was a confidante of the Prussian King Friedrich II.

Life

Born as the daughter of the Prussian lieutenant general Wilhelm von Brandt (1644–1701), Sophie Caroline was the wife of the Prussian colonel and regiment chief Paul Heinrich Tilio de Camas (1688–1741). After his death , King Friedrich raised the widowed Sophie Caroline to the rank of count on August 12, 1742 and appointed her chief stewardess to Queen Elisabeth Christine .

Friedrich held the Countess Camas in high esteem, whom he had known since his time as Crown Prince. He called her mom all her life as a sign of his personal affection , had a high opinion of her intelligence, shared confidential personal and political thoughts with her until her death and often sought her advice. Countess Camas was one of the few women he liked to talk to in a small circle. An extensive correspondence between the two has survived to this day.

literature

  • Tom Goeller: The old Fritz - man, monarch, myth . Hoffmann and Campe, 2011. ISBN 978-3-455-50219-0
  • KF Reiche: Frederick the Great and his time . CE Kollmann, 1840
  • Hans Droysen : Frederick the Great's correspondence with Countess Camas and Baron Fouqué . Grote, 1967
  • Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (ed.): Publications from the Prussian Cultural Heritage Archives , Volume 1. Grote, 1967
  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (ed.): New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 2, Voigt, Leipzig 1860, p. 9
  • Reading fruits from the field of the latest literature at home and abroad , year 1851, volume 2. Hoffmann and Campe, 1851.
  • Karl Heinrich Siegfried Rödenbeck : Diary or history calendar from Friedrich's regent life: (1740–1786) with historical and biographical notes on the correct knowledge of his life and work in all relationships. Containing the years 1760 to 1769 . Plahn, 1841
  • E. Herrlich (ed.): Weekly newspaper of the Johanniter-Ordens-Balley Brandenburg , issue No. 13, March 25, 1868

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses (1905) . Sixth year, p. 150.
  2. ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 26.
personal data
SURNAME Camas, Sophie Caroline from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Camas, Sophie Caroline Countess of; Brandt, Sophie Caroline von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brandenburg-Prussian nobles; Confidante of Frederick II of Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH 1686
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1766
Place of death Schönhausen Palace near Berlin